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Rio: Circuito Cultural

Cultural Itinerary:

Real Gabinete de Leitura Português - Rio de Janeiro

Visits to main points and cultural centers of the city and surroundings:

- MAM (Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro), MAC (Museum of Contemporary Art - Niterói), Niemeyer path way (Niterói), CCBB (Ouvidor street and Arco dos Telles) France-Brazil House, Espaço Cultural dos Correios, Paço Imperial, Livraria da Travessa-Av. Rio Branco, National Library, Museum of Fine Arts, Cinelândia square and Municipal Theater, Colombo confectionery, Hélio Oiticica Cultural Center, Real Gabinete de Leitura Português, Instituto Moreira Salles, SESC Copacabana.

 

Architectural Tour:

MAM (Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro) and Pedregulho, by Affonso Eduardo Reidy, MAC (Museum of Contemporary Art of Niterói) Niemeyer path way (Niterói) Oscar Niemeyer, MEC (ex-Ministry of Education and Culture) by Le Corbusier, Oscar Niemeyer, Lucio Costa and others, Real Gabinete de Leitura Português, Colombo confectionery, Paço Imperial, Canoas house, by Oscar Niemeyer, Proto-Modern Architecture on Flamengo neighborhood , SESC Copacabana, by Oscar Niemeyer.

 

Urban Tour:

Aterro do Flamengo Park, by Roberto Burle Marx, Santa Teresa neighborhood, Urca neighborhood, Copacabana neighborhood (Bairro Peixoto), Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon, visit to favelas: Rocinha (with lunch), Alemão complex ( and trip on the cable car), Manguinhos complex (park-library and rambla of manguinhos).

 

Leisure:

Friday night: Lapa (bohemian area of the city), one night at the Mangueira School of Samba, MPB concert (Popular Brazilian Music), visit to the "boteco" of the fishermen in Leme neighborhood, between others.

 

Special Tours:

Visit to the Burle Marx grange in Guaratiba city, visit to Paraty city, visit to Petrôpolis city, visit to Búzios city; climb to the Pedra da Gávea, rise up to the Sugar Loaf walking, visit to the Tijuca Forest and observatories; bike rides around Rio, boat tour in Guanabara bay.

 

Social work:

Participation as a volunteer / work in a slum in Rio de Janeiro (during periods to combine) in different areas: education, health, culture, art and generation of work and income.

 

Individual and group tours with explanations in english, spanish and portuguese.

Contacts:

E-mail: fotogabriel@gmail.com
Phone: 55-21-8296-9552